SAMSUNG S10 PLUS

            Moving on to this top tier budget smartphone from the multinational conglomerate Samsung, S10 Plus is powered only with Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 and also with Exynos 9820 (outside US, China and Japan).

SPECIFICATIONS:

            The 6.4-inch front screen smartphone weighs around 175g (that’s heavy for those who think it is heavy!) and has a resolution of QHD+ (the same which the OnePlus 7 Pro has). QHD+ (Quad High Definition) wholly depends on the aspect ratio, but believe me you can expect exquisitely crispy visuals. QHD+ can be specified for smartphones that have 2560x1440 pixels at 16:9 aspect ratio (screen size), which is four times that of a 720p standard high definition smartphone (Will be awesome when you watch a 1080p video on YouTube).

            Samsung S10 Plus is supremely powered with Android 9.0 (Pie) and Samsung’s One UI. But as of now, Android 10 and Samsung’s One UI 2.0 has arrived. Samsung One UI 2.0 now has many new features. Please find that in “UPDATED ONE UI” below. The smartphones’ storage comes at 128GB, which can be expandable up to 512 GB via microSD card. The storage also comes at 512GB, 1TB (first of its kind!). And the prices start with $999 (₹72,000) and soar to $1,583 (₹1,13,900) for 1TB external storage.

PERFORMANCE:

            As already stated, this smartphone has only Snapdragon, which ultimately says that the One-UI supported smartphone will survive for at least 5 and above years. The design and display, which obviously is an AMOLED display makes yourself stick with this smartphone for hours. Playing games on smartphone is way too much better than on the OnePlus 7 Pro. The screen size is 6.4 inches (quite big to handle and would be difficult to reach the lock screen button by holding the smartphone on one hand). But the display would eliminate all the negative features and makes you to operate it in a cozy way. Other performance features include the same as of its predecessor, the Galaxy S9/S9+.

CAMERA:

            Samsung S10 Plus is provided with triple camera on the rear and dual camera on the front. The Samsung S10 flagship series is the first to have a “Punch-Hole” (Hey, it's 2019 and you can name whatever you wanna name your tech) front facing camera which helps you with good looking wallpapers which fits exactly with the punch-hole camera. Coming back to the rear camera specs sheet, the rear camera has a wide, a telephoto and an ultrawide. The wider camera is provided with 12 mega-pixels at f/1.5-2.4 and also is provided with dual PDAF*. The telephoto lens comes at 12 mega-pixels at f/2.4 and also has the ability of 2x optical zoom. Speaking about the telephoto lens, it lets you take photos much crispier and clearer by enlarging the subject or an object (which the OnePlus 7 series can’t produce better than this) which is the most awe-inspiring to look at the photos after taking shots. And you’ve shot suggestion which takes photo based on the ideal composition of the place where you’re focusing. The ultrawide lens comes at 16 mega-pixel with a 123 degree (Well, not to the even level of the iPhone 11 Pro) with f/2.2. The only cool feature which the ultrawide lens has is the Super Steady video which provides stabilisation and prevent shakiness while filming a video.

          The front camera specs stand at a 10 mega-pixel and an 8 mega-pixel with f/1.9 and f/2.2. Both cameras take a wide shot (not an ultrawide) which has a dual pixel PDAF and a dual sensor. And both the cameras have dual video call which switches while in a video call. Videos can be shot at 30fps* at 2160p and 1080p.

UPDATED ONE UI:

            Update to my first A50 review: One UI has now given you the option to disable the Bixby button and can be used to launch any apps like WhatsApp instead.

            The most awaited feature (or the most requested feature on smartphones nowadays) is the system-wide dark mode. It has now come to the Samsung S10 Plus (even before the Android 10 dark mode arrived). The Night mode gives you an eye-pleasing OLED-friendly theme. And you can find “force-enable dark theme” in the Developer Options which empowers dark mode to WhatsApp too.

            And the One UI 2.0 has enhanced screen lock legibility, smarter dark mode (which softens the display in the night) and screen recording. Other features include the same as in One UI with minor updates.

CONCLUSION:

            If you want to recommend this high-tier smartphone to your friends, I’d recommend you to recommend them to take a look at my review!